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The union was seventy years old before the elementary feature in the agrarian condition of Ireland was recognised by the parliament which had undertaken to govern Ireland.
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John Morley
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gutenberg.orgJohn Morley: “The union was seventy years old before the elementary feature in the agrarian condition of Ireland was recognised by the…”
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Morley points out that it took seventy years for Parliament to recognize key agrarian issues in Ireland.
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